The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-28
WON BY THE VETS.
THE pnoI1DlTloN1sTs DErHArED
by small mnjority-Ths windup of =.
Remarkably Conducted Gam nign-wo.
men Work ut tho Polls from Morning
Unsil Night-A Very Bitter Contest.

ATLANTA, Nov. 27.-At early dawn yes
torday bands Of women stationed them
selves at the six polls at which Tho peopl,
we're to vote upon the questlon OF tho sal,
OF liquor. 40 tho frat ballots began tal!
ing into the boxes. tho women bcgsr
singing familiar Methodist hymns. al
day long the moat remarkable scenes fol
lowed. White women engaged in con
versatlon with negroes whom they hst
never seen before, urging them TO deposit
thclr ballots agalns. tho sale. At one pre-
clncs was gathered representative bsvy
Of women. One girl, ohubby-iaced
blonde and blue.eyod, stood loaninp
against q door post, while with an arm
turned around her white sisters waist
stood q colored Hobe, whoge fine propor.
tions wore admired by all the men who
passed. S#.It
As carly as s o'clock yo.ero began to
congresate about the polling places, and
1t Is said that not a few spent the night at
the polls. Before 7 O'Clock long lines
formed At each OF the six city polls, and
when the town clock struck the ballot.
ing began. Both sidee had out number
OF carriages, the antis' plscsrded, "BriuR
prosperity back to Atlanta; vote for the
sale." On tho Prohibition carriages was,
"For Prohibition" Tho lunch rooms run
under the auspices OF tho Prohibition la.
dies were crowded all morning, and good
lunches were furnished the men who
worked at the polls. A band Of little girls,
wearing bluo bGjgea, marched up to the
the court house at 1880 o'clock and sang
several hymns. Quite q senBation was
caused by their appearance.
During tho morning several women and
girla assembled near the voting places, and
as the voters would march up to the polls
they would eing such aonus ns
bringing In the Sheaves," "Jesus Will
Garry You Through" etc. The singing
was under the supervision OF Rev. Ii. II.
Boret!. member Of the Hunter Street
Christian Church. Directly behind the
women and sir!a who wero elnainc was a
larse sign posted on the door Of former
wine room, michigan beor on ice."
All tho preschera worksd hard with the
crowds. The exho,ters and the politi.
clans struggled with them to vote dry,
and with an enthusasm which would not
brook restraint. The voters broke away,
and voted for the sale. The negroes es.
peclally resented what they looked upon
as an infringement of their psrsonal rights,
Ehe hero Of the day wss Captain Evan P,
Howell. Wherever he appssred great
crowds would gather around MIN. Toward
night tho women and the preachers began
to retire and by s o'clock the fight WAS
given up. Tho official majority for the
sale is l, LAO.
Both sldes had full campaign funds and
managed their respective causes for oil
they were worth. The negro vote was the
bone Of contention and was the balance Of
power. Each had made the most siren.
uoua endeayoEs to secure 1t in every way
possible. The negroes were considerably
divided on the subject, though msjo,i.y
OF thom voted with the anti.Prohibition-
is.s. '-s,I
The principal fight made on Prohibition
duilng the campaign was that it did not
prohibit, and that intoxicating drinks
could be openly purchased in number Of
places throughout tho city which paid
taxes to the United Ststeo Government on
the Gale Of whiskey. Thougands of gal
Iona have bsen sent in each month from
cities around Atlanta, from which it was
almost as easy to get in jugs as it was at
bars in the city.